Carcharodontosaurinae
subfamily · Brusatte and Sereno 2007 · accepted · extinct
5 descendant taxa · 5 fossil sites · 3 formations · 2 countries
Lived when
Cretaceous
137.05–89.8 million years ago
Found where
2 countries
3 rock formations
Fossil record
5 sites
1 catalogued specimens
Inside this group
Immediate children
- Terminal taxon — no children recorded.
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Facts from the record
- Its fossils span about 47 million years, from 137.05 to 89.8 million years ago.
- The youngest known fossil is around 89.8 million years old — that is roughly 299 times further back than the whole of human history.
- Carcharodontosaurinae was named in 2007 (Brusatte and Sereno 2007) — 19 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 2 countries and 3 named rock formations.
- 1 individual specimens are catalogued in museum collections.
- This group contains 5 named taxa, including 2 species.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).